| Name: | Cancer Research UK |
| Type: | Funder |
| Institution/funder website: | http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/ |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Open Access policy: | Requirement |
| Policy link: | http://science.cancerresearchuk.org/funding/terms-conditions-and-policies/policy-open-access/#Policy |
| Effective date from: | 2007-06-01 |
| Open Access, how?: | Green route (deposit in repositories), Gold route (recommend OA journal publication) |
| Can requirement be waived by funder?: | No waiver on deposit; case-based waiver on immediate OA |
| Exemptions....(text extracted from the policy): | "...Cancer Research UK's open access policy allows for publication in non-compliant journals in exceptional circumstances. If you wish to publish in one of these journals, you will need to make a case for this course of action in advance of submitting your manuscript..." |
| Scope of policy?: | Whole or partial funding |
| Funder pays for publication fees: | Yes (charged by direct or indirect costs) |
| What must be deposited?: | Articles, Data |
| Versions of papers that may/must be deposited: | Author's peer-reviewed final draft, Publisher's version of record |
| When are accepted peer-reviewed papers to be deposited?: | At time of acceptance |
| Duration of permissible embargo prior papers being made freely available: | 6 months after publication |
| Copyright reservation (funders): | Grantees retain copyright and license specific rights to publisher |
| Copyright terms...(text extracted from the policy): | "...Authors must ensure, in advance of making any agreement with or commitment to a publisher, that the agreement or commitment does not conflict with the author's obligations under this policy. Specifically, authors should inform the journal of their existing obligation to make their papers available from UKPMC, and investigate whether the publisher's policy is in conflict with this obligation...." |
| Where to archive?: | Central or subject repository |
| Name of specified archive: | UK PubMed Central |
| URL of specified archive: | http://ukpmc.ac.uk/ |
